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La Femme de Gilles by Madeleine Bourdhouxe
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La Femme de Gilles by Madeleine Bourdhouxe

  • Posted byby Kayleigh
  • April 21, 2025

This Belgian modern classic from 1937 was referenced by famous French feminist, Simone de Beauvoir, and has been more recently rediscovered and made into a film. It’s a book about…

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Reading Romance: The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller

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  • April 4, 2025

I remember a bookseller being super judgemental when I asked whether he stocked this title! It was honestly a pretty funny moment as I am very confident in my literary…

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Madonna In a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali book
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Madonna In a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali

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  • January 25, 2025

A modern Turkish classic, first published in 1943, this is a bittersweet tale of love, identity, intimacy, and friendship. It wasn’t translated into English until 2016! Raif, an “innocent” Turkish…

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